Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
Don't let anyone define you. You define yourself.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.
Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
My whole life has been about equal rights and opportunities. For me it really goes back to the health of mind, body and soul.
Don't be afraid to hit the ball.
No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
Create your legacy, and pass the baton.
The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are 'accept responsibility.'
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.
You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
